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Originally Posted by Hudson
However, the article failed to mention in any way bush was honorably discharged.
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US News and World Report is accurate, Bush's discharge may well have been motivated by the same factors which got him into the Guard in the first place.
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A recent examination of the records by U.S. News does not appear to support Lloyd's conclusions. Among the issues identified by the magazine:
* The White House used an inappropriate–and less stringent–Air Force standard in determining that President Bush fulfilled his National Guard duty.
* Even using this lesser standard, the president did not attend enough drills to complete his obligation to the Guard during his final year of service.
* During the final two years of his service obligation, Bush did not comply with Air Force regulations that impose a time limit on making up missed drills. Instead, he took credit for makeup drills he participated in outside that time frame. Five months of drills missed by the President in 1972 were never made up, contrary to assertions made by the White House.
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Of course, the unit Bush served also include Lloyd Benson Jr, John Conally III, and John R. Bath. Just FYI.
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Well, that would seem to support the contention that the well-connected got duty in the Guard as a way of avoiding the draft, wouldn't it?
A LOT of wealthy and politically connected people got to jump the line for the NG, not just Bush. But it doesn't mean Bush was any better than the rest of them.
My personal issue with these people is NOT that they got out of going to war, as NG service is just as honorable as any other branch of the military services. It's when they turned into knee-jerk hawks like Bush who seem to believe military solutions are the first, and ONLY answer to complicated situations.